Jacob goldberg



(No Model.)

J. GOLDBERG.

NEOKTE FASTENER.

Patsnted Jan. 17,1882.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB GOLDBERG, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR on THREE FOURTHS TO Louis SILVERMAN AND ISAAC NOAB, or SAME PLACE.

NECKTI E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No, 252,456, dated January 17, L882.

' Application filed March 26,1881: we model.)

T formin g part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for attaching a necktie to a collar-button; and it consists in a suitable case containing an apertured spring-operated slide, which is adapted to engage with a collar-button to hold the necktie in "position, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the case or shell; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, the apertured slide; Fig. 4, an edge view of the same; Fig.

5, the spring; Fig. 6, the said parts combined together; Fig. 7, the cover for the open side of the case; Fig. 8, a perforated shield for a tie, and Fig. 9 thefastenerand shield secured together.

The case or shell A may be made of any desirable form, and is provided with a circular aperture, a, in its closed side, and an opening, a, in its wall at one end. Into this open shell the slide B is placed by first inserting the shank b thereofinto the opening a. The slide is designed to lit the sides and one end of the case closely, its edges being shaped to correspond with the walls of the case, and it is provided with an aperture, 1), which is adapted to be made to register with the aperture a in the case. A small slot, 0 communicates with the aperture 1) on the side opposite to the shank b, for receiving the shank of the button, and a rectangular stud, 11 of a lengthto correspond with the depth ofthe case, is secured tothe face of the slide near one of its edges.

To another stud, b ,on the end of theslide, near the shank b, one end of the steel spring 0 is secured, and the spring is then bent until its other end is brought within the case and made to rest against the wall at one end. \Vith this arrangement the action of the spring tends to force the slide to that end of the case through which the shank 11 projects. The case is then closed by means of the apertured plate D, which is secured to the case by metal strips shield E by means of the perforated flanges a on opposite sides of the case and the eyelets e in the shield. The shield is also provided with an aperture, 6, which registers with the apertures in the fastener. The fastener is secured .to theunder or concave side of the shield, and

the opposite side ofthe shield is covered with a suitable fabric for forming the necktie.

The fastener is operated in the following manner: By pressing against the outer end of the shank b, which may be provided with a knob or turned up to form a thumb-piece, the slide B will be forced into such a position that its aperture 1) will register with the apertures in the plate I), shell A, and shield E. The fastener will then be passed over the collar.-, button, so that the head of the button shall pass beyond the aperture 1), and as the spring is released by removing the finger from the end of shank b the shank of the button will be caught between opposite sides of the said apertures, and the head of the button thus kept from becoming disengaged therefrom. If

the shank of the button should be long, it may project entirely through the case into the aperture c in the shield. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is- I r In a necktie-fastener, the combination of the aperturcd and flanged shell A, having opening a in one end, the apertured plate B, having shank b, studs 1) and b, and slot b leading to its aperture, spring 0, notched and apertured plate D, soldered strips a and perforated shield E, substantially as shown and de- A scribed.

JAGOB GOLDBERG. Witnesses:

WM. G. OLVANY, L. SILVERMAN. 

